An operation and maintenance (O&M) manual is a valuable tool. It defines the requirements and procedures for the effective operation, maintenance, decommissioning and demolition of the building, and includes details of the building's construction, history and maintenance, instructions for its operation and maintenance, and guarantees and warranties.
Operation and Maintenance manuals including schematic and layout drawings should be produced for the systems and be kept up to date throughout the life of an installation.
Area of concern of translation of operation and maintenance (O&M) manual involves technical writing (owner's manuals, user guides, etc.), or particularly, texts containing extensive terminology. Essence of operation and maintenance (O&M) manual translation is also a creative technical writing style rather than a reproductive transfer process. It involves the translation of a range of specialized text types, which requires a comprehensive knowledge of the subject and competence in the relevant terminology. To deal with academic and technical texts, our technical translators have competence in text structure of both source and target languages, which would enable them to be technical writers, in addition to knowledge of subject and terminology.